Day 53

I am just flat out disgusted with myself today. I have let my training take a serious nose dive. Summer is hard. Too many temptations to take a day off. I did not do anything over the weekend. Kevin's race went great and I am so proud of him for finishing his first 15k. The runners looked like they were having a blast. Maybe I will make it a goal to run it next year.

Back to my dismal training; I was able to get in a "run" (on the treadmill) yesterday and went backwards in terms of progress. Last week I was able to run 10 minutes non-stop, and yesterday it fell back to 7 minutes. I was still able to finish 1.5 miles in 20 minutes though so that is at least good.

I took a long bike ride this morning and my speed is just not improving. I know I should be riding every day and I just have to give myself a kick in the ass to get it done. I am leaving for the Y in a few minutes to get a swim in. I am really hoping I did not slide in swimming indurance seeing that I have not done laps in a few weeks. Now that the kids are in summer camp for a few hours a day, I will have the time to practice more. However the race is now in less than two weeks, and this weekend we are going camping.

I am just going to relax and focus on doing each individual portion of the race; not thinking ahead to the next part until I am there. That is the best I can do. I have only been training for less than 2 months so I am cutting myself a break.

Off to swim!